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| Xu, Jintao; Zhang, Haipeng; Bennett, Jeffrey W.; Wang, Xuehong; Eigenraam, Mark. |
| This article focuses on the program of Ecological Afforestation on barren lands, degraded arable lands, harvested sites and sloped farmland in Sichuan, China. Farmers were given the opportunity to propose afforestation activities for which they would be paid an specified amount. These bids and predictions of the expected environmental benefits to be generated were used to assess the net benefit of each proposal. Most features of the bidding scheme were successfully implemented and improvements in the economic efficiency of the afforestation scheme were observed. The market-based approach is demonstrated to be a practical way forward for Ecological Afforestation in China. The bidding scheme showed savings of approximately 110,000 Yuan when compared to past... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/100735 |
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| Uchida, Emi; Xu, Jintao; Rozelle, Scott. |
| Since 1999, China has pursued one of the most ambitious conservation set-aside program's, known as Grain for Green. The overall goal of our paper is to analyze this program's cost-effectiveness and sustainability. We find that while the program has made a clear attempt to retire land that has the highest potential of contributing to soil erosion, cost-effectiveness can be improved by targeting plots with highest environmental benefits and allowing payments to reflect heterogeneous opportunity costs. We also find indications that preventing farmers from reconverting plots to cultivation will be critical to sustain environmental benefits of the program. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/22252 |
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